# Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
*companies*

## Specifications
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- **operator domains**: ["ralspace.stfc.ac.uk"]
- **website**: https://www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
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## Editorial
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is a UK research institute and national space laboratory at Harwell. Its space work spans mission and requirements planning, instrument and component design, specialist manufacturing, assembly, integration, test and calibration.[^ral-space-home][^ukri-ral-location]

For EO buyers, its relevance is not as a commercial imagery operator but as an institutional engineering, test, calibration and data-services provider. Its facilities cover large-scale satellite test and small-satellite calibration, while its data services support climate, oceanography and related analysis workflows.[^ral-space-home]

## Sources
- [ral-space-home] | RAL Space official website | https://www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26
- [ukri-ral-location] | UKRI Rutherford Appleton Laboratory location page | https://www.ukri.org/about-us/stfc/locations/rutherford-appleton-laboratory/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26

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